Division 1 - Consent
13. - Consent required14. - Provision of consent15. - Deemed consent16. - Withdrawal of consent17. - Collection, use and disclosure without consentDivision 2 - Purpose
18. - Limitation of purpose and extent19. - Personal data collected before appointed day20. - Notification of purposeDivision 1 - Preliminary
36. - Interpretation of this Part37. - Meaning of “specified message”38. - Application of this PartDivision 2 - Administration
39. - Register40. - Applications41. - Evidence42. - Information on terminated Singapore telephone numberDivision 3 - Specified message to Singapore telephone number
43. - Duty to check register44. - Contact information45. - Calling line identity not to be concealed46. - Consent47. - Withdrawal of consent48. - Defence for employee49. - Advisory guidelines50. - Powers of investigation51. - Offences and penalties52. - Offences by bodies corporate, etc.53. - Liability of employers for acts of employees54. - Jurisdiction of court55. - Composition of offences56. - General penalties57. - Public servants and public officers58. - Evidence in proceedings59. - Preservation of secrecy60. - Protection from personal liability61. - Symbol of Commission62. - Power to exempt63. - Certificate as to national interest64. - Amendment of Schedules65. - Power to make regulations66. - Rules of Court67. - Saving and transitional provisions68. - Dissolution
1. - An organisation may collect personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual or from a source other2. - In this paragraph and paragraph 1(h) —3. - (1) The conditions in this paragraph shall apply if the personal data is collected under paragraph 1(p).4. - For the avoidance of doubt, personal data disclosed before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in
1. - An organisation may disclose personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual in any of the following2. - In the case of disclosure under paragraph 1(c), the organisation shall, as soon as may be practicable, notify the individual3. - (1) The conditions in this paragraph shall apply to personal data disclosed under paragraph 1(p).4. - Paragraph 1(q) shall not apply unless —5. - For the avoidance of doubt, personal data collected before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in
The purpose of this Act is to govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal data by organisations in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need of organisations to collect, use or disclose personal data for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
(c) to enable the Commission and the other regulatory authority to forbear to perform any of their respective functions in relation to a matter in circumstances where it is satisfied that the other is performing functions in relation to that matter.
(1) In meeting its responsibilities under this Act, an organisation shall consider what a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
(3) Any consent given in any of the circumstances in subsection (2) is not validly given for the purposes of this Act.
(1) An organisation may collect personal data about an individual, without consent or from a source other than the individual, only in the circumstances and subject to any condition in the Second Schedule.
(2) An organisation may use personal data about an individual, without the consent of the individual, only in the circumstances and subject to any condition in the Third Schedule.
(3) An organisation may disclose personal data about an individual, without the consent of the individual, only in the circumstances and subject to any condition in the Fourth Schedule.
(a) that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances; and
(1) The Commission may, if it is satisfied that an organisation is not complying with any provision in Parts III to VI, give the organisation such directions as the Commission thinks fit in the circumstances to ensure compliance with that provision.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Commission may, if it thinks fit in the circumstances to ensure compliance with Parts III to VI, give the organisation all or any of the following directions:
(b) any other telephone numbers and circumstances as may be prescribed.
any consent given in such circumstances is not validly given.
(3) The Commission may suspend, discontinue or refuse to conduct an investigation under this section if it thinks fit, including but not limited to any of the following circumstances:
(ii) any other circumstances warrant refusing to conduct, suspending or discontinuing the investigation.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission may disclose, or authorise any specified person to disclose, any information relating to any matter referred to in subsection (1) in any of the following circumstances:
(f) to a public body in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the Minister.
(b) the form, manner and procedures, relating to the making and responding to requests under section 21 or 22, including the content of responses to such requests, the period for such responses, the circumstances in which an organisation may refuse to provide a response or refuse to confirm or deny the existence of any matter and the fees that an organisation may charge in respect of such requests;
An organisation may collect personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual or from a source other than the individual in any of the following circumstances:
For the avoidance of doubt, personal data disclosed before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in the Fourth Schedule shall satisfy paragraph 1(r), notwithstanding that section 17(3) was not in force at the time of the disclosure.
An organisation may use personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual in any of the following circumstances:
For the avoidance of doubt, personal data collected before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in the Second Schedule shall satisfy paragraph 1(j) notwithstanding that section 17(1) was not in force at the time of the collection.
An organisation may disclose personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual in any of the following circumstances:
For the avoidance of doubt, personal data collected before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in the Second Schedule shall satisfy paragraph 1(s) notwithstanding that section 17(1) was not in force at the time of the collection.
(a) take such steps as are reasonable in all the circumstances to inform the occupier of the intended entry; and
